List of countries by labour force

This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook in 2024.

Country/Region Labour force World 3,684,278,700 773,880,000 607,691,000 221,389,600 174,174,000 143,144,000 113,350,000 106,790,000 83,644,000 77,355,000 72,517,000 69,382,000 60,959,000 57,133,000 54,470,000 50,979,000 43,772,000 40,623,000 38,546,000 36,081,000 35,359,000 33,749,000 32,983,000 31,725,000 29,713,000 28,575,000 27,766,000 26,822,000 25,828,000 24,386,000 23,781,000 22,868,000 22,829,000 22,742,000 22,286,000 18,918,000 18,264,000 18,245,000 17,637,000 17,168,000 16,519,000 15,961,000 15,173,000 14,912,000 13,974,000 13,928,000 13,294,000 12,595,000 12,475,000 12,008,000 11,136,000 11,119,000 10,486,000 10,315,000 10,285,000 10,088,000 9,904,000 9,133,000 9,126,000 8,821,000 8,602,000 8,499,000 8,435,000 8,263,000 7,848,000 7,575,000 7,407,000 7,090,000 6,859,000 6,617,000 6,600,000 6,461,000 6,397,000 6,386,000 6,107,000 5,763,000 5,699,000 5,671,000 5,541,000 5,464,000 5,416,000 5,413,000 5,281,000 5,153,000 5,020,000 4,954,000 4,859,000 4,817,000 4,768,000 4,710,000 4,655,000 4,534,000 4,296,000 4,247,000 3,836,000 3,722,000 3,660,000 3,585,000 3,502,000 3,439,000 3,345,000 3,230,000 3,225,000 3,210,000 3,197,000 3,124,000 3,124,000 3,080,000 3,042,000 3,003,000 2,898,000 2,890,000 2,863,000 2,857,000 2,780,000 2,779,000 2,696,000 2,607,000 2,585,000 2,563,000 2,445,000 2,357,000 2,206,000 2,123,000 2,000,000 1,833,000 1,768,000 1,733,000 1,710,000 1,570,000 1,548,000 1,510,000 1,449,000 1,370,000 1,358,000 1,356,000 1,210,000 1,173,000 1,152,000 1,131,000 1,058,000 954,900 913,300 884,200 845,300 824,400 783,100 779,200 772,300 756,200 715,000 649,900 615,900 594,900 435,600 406,500 390,600 387,800 382,100 350,000 318,200 292,200 276,400 270,300 265,200 255,500 248,400 245,300 237,100 233,500 224,500 190,000 147,200 130,800 119,100 118,100 102,400 82,400 82,400 77,700 57,200 52,100 47,200 34,800 34,500

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